[TenTec] emergency back up power

[Gary Hoffman]

Here is one possible answer.  There are dozens of others.

I wanted considerable run time, including a couple lights and stuff.  I do
NOT operate it portable.

So - I have 3 deep discharge batteries of the type used for solar energy
systems wired in parallel.  They operate at 12 volts and can be repeatedly
deeply discharged.  I can draw a lot of power from them.

I hook them to a highly efficient, true sine wave inverter, again of the
solar power system type, to produce regular 115 VAC.  Then I just plug in
the radios, lamps, and whatever, into the outlets I've provided.

This approach is not cheap.  But it can deliver almost unlimited power
(depending on your budget for buying batteries and stuff) and you can plug
anything you want into it.

I trickle charge it all the time with a battery charger, so the power grid
keeps it charged for me and it is always fully charged and ready to go when
I need it.

73 de Gary, AA2IZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <brazos at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: [TenTec] emergency back up power


> For some time now I have been toying with the thought of putting together
a battery system to run my station during emergencies .  I have however
little knowledge and no training or experience on how complete such a
project .   My station consists of a Orion II , Centurion amp and a
computer.  Can anyone point me in the right direction for help in building
such thing ?  thanks John Molenda kb2huk
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